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[andrewrobinsonreviews]

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[Gez]

In the UK at the back end of 2017 I attended a Naim launch evening where the company introduced the Atom, Star and Nova.
They used a pair of Spendor Floor Standers as I remember, maybe A4's.

The first half of event was spent listening to a nice but predictable range of sample recordings being both streamed and accessed off the seperate Uniti core hard drive.

It was as Andrew described across the board brilliant but it was the second part of the demo that was really interesting.

While we chomped through a tasty buffet the Naim guys along with a BBC recording specialist set up a chair and a couple of Microphones ready for a really talented local young singer who's name escapes me at this time but I will add it when I remember.

Anyhow she performed a gorgeous short accoustic set of 3 original songs accompanied by her own lovely guitar playing.

The guys digitally recorded her beautiful performance. When she had recieved the richly deserved applause from the audience of about 25 people, the room settled and they played back the recording streamed to the Uniti Atom.

The result was a stunning lifelike rendition of what our ears had already enjoyed live.

It was to all purpose so close to her living breathing performance that you could if you closed your eyes almost convince yourself she was sitting there in front of us, it was that visceral and believable.

Incidentally the big brother to the Atom, the Uniti Nova, is as convincing an argument for a high end one box music system as you can ever want.

Expensive yes but if you offset all the money you save on expensive seperate Amps, Dacs, Streamer etc. You could buy a pair of High End reference Speakers and headphones and never look back, it really is that good.

So not surprised but happy that Andrew and Kristy loved the Atom too. Sorry for the long winded story btw. 🤭

[petertaylor]

This was my first ever NAIM purchase, I’ve owned mine for almost 3 years now. At 54 years old this is the single best material thing I own or have ever owned in my life. Full stop.

[RAFAELRODRIGUEZJR]

Omg!!! I can’t believe I won!! Thank you Thank you!!! So amazing 🎉🍾

[jhaakeutube]

As an owner of the Naim Atom for the last 8 months I can say from my experience it was a fantastic buy. I paired the Atom up with Burchart S400 speakers so I was into it about $5000 and I was very worried about such a costly investment. My worries have all been put aside. With Roon and Qobus subscriptions the Atom was the best choice in audio I’ve ever made.

[snowrangr]

Any plans to review the Hegel integrated amplifiers? Definitely not as pretty as the Naim Unity Atom but I've heard great things about the H95 or H120.

[MartinGarthwaite]

so I have had the Atom for three years and you have really understood the product it makes me feel all of those emotions every time I listen to it.

[egorkutichev]

I’ve bought it. You are right- difficult to find a competitor in this budget. It’s marvelous!

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[NicAlbritton-xd]

Hey Andrew,
I Have a pair of Focal Aria 948's and I was wondering what your advice would be on pairing with a Marantz n40 or a Naim Uniti Nova

[Phil_fandbethere]

Andrew, thank you so much. Based on your excellent review, I took the plunge and bought a Uniti Atom last week - I got a cracking deal with a 35% discount!. All I can say is wow!. When I set it up, I decided to play a Best of Bowie CD and selected "Changes" as the first test track. My wife was in the kitchen, and within 2 mins she was stood in the room with me with a grin on her face, commenting on how fantastic it sounded - I think her words were "it's so clear and clean sounding". I have to tell you, in 20 years of marriage, she has never once reacted to any new piece of gear I have set up - until now!. We then spent the whole night playing CD's and streams, and the sound just got better and better as it warmed up. It was like re-discovering my music collection all over again. One very happy Atom owner here.

[arturoherr]

❤️Hi Andrew I really enjoy your videos. Question I own the unity atom currently but are you planning to review the HiFi Rose RS201E or HiFi Rose RS520 anytime

[frederickhardman]

Good review, I would love to see what you think of the Naim Uniti Nova.

[Staybrown]

Does the Naim compare to the Denon PMA-150H? Or how does the Denon fair to the Naim?

[xjmzrq]

Audio Advice has got this unit paired with the Focal Chora 806’s for $3, 290 right now - making the Focal’s almost free!

[RsdntAln]

Hi Andrew and Kristi. Excellent video as always. I like the look of the Uniti Atom a lot but my primary listen scenario is with a good set of headphones. I see Naim has released a Headphone Edition now. Have you had a hands on with this and is it something you can also recommend? Thank you.

[ruffman]

Hello Andrew you need to review the NAD M10 I believe you be surprised even more by its performance.

[ryanstratton]

I own one and agree, it's great. Such a luxury product and a joy to use. I love that it's a roon endpoint. I also just purchased the Mu-so 2 which is also quite an amazing product and a roon endpoint as well.

[robertgruber]

I would think people who have $3500 to spend on a streamer would already have an integrated or more likely a separate pre and power amp.

Also while it's very nicely designed, since most of the interaction with it happens via your phone anyway, I'd personally rather have it tucked away where it isn't seen making that a moot point.

I'm obviously not the target audience as I feel like a $150 Raspberry PI with a decent DAC would be indistinguishable sound and function wise but it does look very nice.

The need for a very expensive streamer just escapes me.

[mrnosmot]

Thanks for all the work you’re putting in to these reviews! I find them very helpful when sifting through gear to demo. A question for you, since you’ve reviewed the Naim Atom and last year also reviewed the Buchardt Audio speaker S400: what is your opinion on pairing the two (if you tried that combo out)? For my medium-sized room (high ceiling a bit over 3 meters, and around 30 square meter floor space), I ’ve got the larger and more powerful Naim Uniti Nova amp. Back when I was deciding on which amp to get for the S400s, I tried the speakers with both the Naim Atom and the Naim Nova. Both the Atom and the Nova made the S400s sing nicely, it was easily noticeable how the Nova has more power than the Atom (better control as well as bass playing the S400s, not a surprise since they are a bit power-thirsty speakers). Until discovering the Naim Uniti amps, I had bought the NAD M10 amp. I tried the M10 at home for about a month, with several speakers including the S400s. The NAD M10 together with the S400 left me wanting more power, and I therefore returned the M10. My comparisons of the Naim Atom vs Nova were unfortunately made at the HiFi-store. A much smaller room than my livingroom, as well as being decorated with sonical improvements, instead of actual furniture. I now, almost a year later, have this itch. Would an amp with DSP/room correction - such as the Dirac Live in the M10, or RoomPerfect in Lyngdorf TDAI 3400 - make the last pieces of the puzzle fall perfectly in place?... I really enjoy the Naim Nova though, and only paid a few hundred euros more than the price of an Atom (though it usually is almost double the price of the Atom). I would’ve imagined being even more pleased than this though, considering my memory of the demo in the store, and the amount of money. I completely blame my room for messing up the sound, since both Atom and Nova sounded great with S400 in the store. Maybe when Buchardt release their own integrated amp with built in ”room correction” DSP, I’ll need to try that out.